Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	24 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	61
Nations:	56
Gold:	Denis Pankratov
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Scott Miller
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Vladislav Kulikov
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Win Value:	52.27
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
24 July	Heat 7			52.89
24 July	Final A			52.27

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4			52.89	Q,
2	8	4			52.96	Q
3	7	7			53.25	Q, NR
4	8	2			53.40	Q
5	6	2			53.41	Q
	8	3				Q
7	7	5			53.42	Q
8	6	4			53.54	Q
9	7	3			53.58	q
10	8	6			53.69	q
11	7	6			53.73	q
12	6	3			53.77	q
13	4	5			53.90	q, NR
	4	3				q,, NR
15	7	2			53.95	q, NR
16	7	1			54.03	q
17	6	5			54.06	q
18	8	5			54.33
19	6	6			54.37
20	8	8			54.50
21	5	6			54.56	NR
	6	7
23	5	4			54.62
	8	1
25	5	1			54.73
26	7	8			54.81
27	4	4			54.89
28	4	2			54.90
29	5	2			54.94
30	6	1			55.08
31	5	8			55.11
32	3	4			55.23
33	4	1			55.26	NR
34	5	7			55.39
35	4	8			55.50
36	5	3			55.59
37	2	3			56.01
38	8	7			56.02
39	5	5			56.04
40	3	3			56.09
41	3	6			56.11	NR
42	1	4			56.13	NR
43	4	7			56.16
44	3	1			56.29	NR
45	3	5			56.41
46	3	7			56.46
	4	6
48	2	4			56.61
49	2	6			56.62
50	2	1			56.92
51	3	8			56.93
52	1	5			57.05
53	2	7			57.07
54	1	3			57.10
55	2	2			57.62
56	2	8			58.23
57	1	6			58.59
58	1	2			1:01.63
	2	5
	3	2
	6	8

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	3			53.23
	4
11	5			53.48
12	2			53.65	NR
13	7			53.98
14	6			54.02
15	1			54.19
16	8			54.29

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			52.27
	4			52.53	OC
	8			53.13
4	6			53.20	AS
5	2			53.29
6	1			53.30
7	7			53.33
8	3			53.58

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170430/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-100-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 46. 11 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 46. 11 September 2017.